The Photography Of Jason Hollister

High tea

Jason Hollister — Mon, 01 Jun 2009 16:41:52 +0000

Again, I'm finding I don't shoot in bulk anymore. I seem to find gems hiding in my catalogue.This was shot last year in Vancouver's Yaletown area. I like the three friend interaction here. Indifference, explanation and query.

Summer is here

Jason Hollister — Sat, 30 May 2009 20:02:28 +0000

That is all…

I do more than B&W you know

Jason Hollister — Sat, 09 May 2009 22:19:33 +0000

Yes, my B&W shots are always around. Contrasty, dramatic images are what appeals to me. But I also love splashes of intense colour.

Shot in Turks & Caicos, Club Med

Recent Indian wedding here in Vancouver.

Turks & Caicos again. Loved seeing the sun set like this every single day.

Another quick share

Jason Hollister — Fri, 08 May 2009 20:14:38 +0000

I seem to do a lot of B&W for a digital guy. Mind you when I shot film when I was much younger, I did lots of B&W as well. I just love the dramatic contrast I guess. Shot on my old Canon 1Ds, ISO 1250, backstage at Club Med in Turks & Caicos. It was blisteringly hot back there.

Grandma

Jason Hollister — Thu, 07 May 2009 16:28:43 +0000

I recently travelled home to see family and my Grandma was looking so well and happy. It sure was a nice thing to see. I came to realise that I have a picture for almost everything but I rarely share them. Looking back in the catalogue I figured this was appropriate.

iPhone app test

Jason Hollister — Thu, 07 May 2009 08:49:52 +0000

Just seeing if all db updates are in place and if my iPhone app runs with 2.7.1

Dusted off the camera….

Jason Hollister — Fri, 01 May 2009 22:13:57 +0000

So yeah, I shoot a lot of weddings and corporate stuff now. Miss shooting for myself. I arranged a local meet up of some photographers that I know and we had a little outing.

enjoy!

TruthBeauty: Pictorialism and the Photograph as Art, 1845-1945

Jason Hollister — Sun, 13 Apr 2008 02:28:56 +0000

TruthBeauty: Pictorialism and the Photograph as Art, 1845-1945

Vancouver Art Gallery from February 2 to April 27, 2008
-from their website:

"The hauntingly beautiful photographs created within the Pictorialist movement in the late-nineteenth and early-twentieth centuries are among the most important works of art in the medium’s history. TruthBeauty will bring together more than 150 of the finest photographs by renowned artists such as Julia Margaret Cameron, Baron Adolph de Meyer, Alfred Stieglitz, Edward Steichen and Josef Sudek. The Pictorialist artists sought to elevate photography—still seen in the nineteenth century as merely a mechanical tool of documentation—into the realm of fine art. Drawing upon major museum collections worldwide, including the George Eastman House International Museum of Photography and Film, the Museum of Modern Art, New York and the Tokyo Metropolitan Museum of Photography, this historic exhibition will reveal the rich aesthetic, diverse approaches and technical innovations of Pictorialism—one of the first truly international artistic movements. "

The exhibition is organized by the Vancouver Art Gallery in collaboration with George Eastman House International Museum of Photography and Film. Curated by Alison Nordstršm, Curator of Photographs, George Eastman House International Museum of Photography and Film.

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I hit this exhibit today. This was pretty powerful - showing the struggle that Americans and others found validating photography as fine art. Well executed with most prints being actual museum vintage , not just replicas on the circuit. $15 was quite reasonable and coat check seemed rather secure with my camera gear. No lineups and some decent multimedia. Worth the hour long stopover.

Series: The Flea Market

Jason Hollister — Sun, 13 Apr 2008 02:10:28 +0000

Flea Market vendors are a strange bunch. They seem to buy and sell more between each other. They seem oblivious to new prices being HALF what they charge. It's all fun and games. The Vancouver flea market is an indoor and scaled down Canal Street. The knock offs are getting better I'll admit. But Grandma's purple or orange glass art still has a place.

Website redesign

Jason Hollister — Mon, 07 Apr 2008 05:33:43 +0000

Did it need it? Probably. Has my focus changed? Yes. Did I add fancy new images? A couple. I have to really think about my galleries soon as I feel my work is getting a bit stale. Not the work I do, but the work I've been showing. I think I may never find where I fit in the photo world. Maybe that's a good thing.

Like it? Hate it? go here to see the new front door and etc.

http://www.jasonhollister.com